Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium
With one week to go before the Sydney Marathon, organizers face questions after the event's official medal appeared to feature Munich's Allianz Arena instead of Sydney's Allianz Stadium. The mix-up was spotted by runners after the design was unveiled on social media. The 2026 medal, which will be given to 40,000 participants, also includes artwork by First Nations artist Ambrose Killian. The error follows a similar blunder at last year's Great North Run.
A beautiful Sydney skyline brings the course to life, featuring the landmarks runners will experience along the way - starting with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finishing at the world-famous Sydney Opera House.
- haunter
Easy mistake when there are 7 Allianz Stadiums in the world
https://www.allianz.com/en/about-us/brand/partnerships/stadi...
And it was probably 8 when they were designing the medal but Palmeiras didn't extend the naming rights contract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubank_Parque
- evnu
The pun in this follow-up makes the whole mixup worthwhile:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4n4l1yyvro
"'We're not going to run from it': Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error"
- cjs_ac
The government of New South Wales (the Australian state of which Sydney is the capital) commissioned a corporate logo depicting a waratah (the NSW state flower) and got one showing a lotus. They still use it on everything.
- js2
That time Ohio issued a license plate with the Wright Flyer flying backward and then the NC DOT razzed them about it:
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048991822/ohio-reverses-cour...
- kgermino
Right there with the Milwaukee Marathon misspelling “Marathon” on their medals this year.
https://marathonhandbook.com/milwaukee-marathon-handed-out-4...